Necktie.



W. A. KEYS.

NECKTIE.

APPLICATlON FILED NOV. 20, 1914.

Patented-Mar. 13, 1917.

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Application filed November 20, 1914..

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, .VILLL-itr A. Knrs, acitizen of the United Ftates, and a resident of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNeckties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to neckties of the type provided with tabs forattaching the tie to the front collar-button of the wearer so as toprevent the tie from becoming displaced in use and to facilitate tying.In neckties of this class it is usual to provide a separate sized tiefor each sized collar. It has been found that sometimes in the cuttingof ties, there may occur errors so that a tie will not always be easilyadjusted or easily attached to the collar-bu ton of the wearer by reasonof the fact that the space between the extreme points of the button-holein the tab may not correspond with the size of the collar being worn, orthe necktie material may shrink a little when being laundried or in thecourse of manufacture. It is to overcome these objections and tofacilitate the attaching of the tabs to the front collarbutton of thewearer that my invention is addressed.

In the drawings in which like letters represent like parts Figure 1shows the face or the under side of a tie embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a portion of one end of Fig. 1 showing parts in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view 7 of Fig. 2 on the line XX;

Fig. 5 is a view of one end of the tie with the tab folded back; and

Fig. 6 is a modification.

In the drawings, AA are the paddles or tying ends of a bow-tie. Tab-tiesare generally of the bow-tie form, although my invention is applicableto other forms of neckwear, if desired. B is the connecting portion orneckband, and CC are the tabs provided with button-holes D adapted toengage with the front collar-button of the wearer. E is the button-holein the rear of the neckband adapted to engage with the rearcollar-button.

In the preferred form of my invention, I make the tabs CC integral withthe inner face of the tie, or a portion thereof, by inner face, meaningthat portion of the tie which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

Serial No. 873,138.

is visible when the tie is turned over, or that portion of the tie whichis adjacent to the wearer when the tie is in position for tying. In thepreferred form of the invention, the tabs C@ are integral with the innerface of the tying ends, as shown in Fig. 5. It will be readilyunderstood by an inspection of F i-g. 5 that the material may be foldedupon itself so as to form the tabs C, as is more clearly shown incross-section in Fig. 3, in which the two folds of the material formingthe tab have been marked F and G. The free end of the material formingthe tab which I have marked H in Fig. 3 is attached by a row ofstitching L to a strip J of elastic fabric. This elastic fabric is at asuitable point attached to the material forming the inner face of theintermediate or neckband portion of the tie. which, for clearness, Thave marked 0 in Fig. 3.

It will be noted that the material 0 form ing the inner face of theintermediate or neckband portion is near its ends, in the preferred formof my invention, folded upon itself at Q, forming the two plies I and O.The elastic J is secured to the two plies I and O by a row of stitchingK. All of the plies of the material of the necktie are secured togetherby longitudinal rows of stitching NN, as shown in Fig. 4, in theordinary way.

In a necktie as constructed as above described with the tabs integralwith the inner face of the tying ends and the free end of the tabattached to the elastic strip J, a limited movement of the tabs inopposite directions is afforded so that after one tab has been securedin place, the other tab may easily be secured to the collar-button byslightly pulling the same. The distance which a tab may be stretched maybe easily regulated by the length of the elastic fabric. In thepreferred form of my invention, by reason of the tab being integral withthe inner face of the tie and the longitudinal edges of the fabricsforming the tie and tabs being secured along their edges by the rows ofstitching NN, the stretch of the tabs is limited, but a suflicientstretch is permitted to facilitate and make it easy to attach the tie,by reason of the fact that the inner ply of the material, which normallylies close against the outer ply of the ma terial of the tie, whenstretched tends to separate from same and thus allows the tab to becomeextended. When the tab is re leased the elastic tends to draw the tabback to its normal position so that the tie will not be destroyed in anyway.

In Fig.- 6 I have shown a modification of my invention in which the tabis not integral with any part of the tie, and in which it is notsecuredalong the edges of the tie by the rows of stitching NN, but is aseparate tab made of suitable material secured to the elastic fabric bythe row of stitching L, the elastic fabric, in turn, being securedwithin the pocket by the row of stitching K.

It will readily be seen that a tie constructed in accordance with theforegoing will not be unsightly, no elastic webbing will be visible,either when in use, or when exposed for sale by the dealer, and byreason of the elastic fabric, the tabs will easily be attached to thecollar-button of the wearer.

If the wearer desires, the tab may be folded back, as shown in Fig. 5,and placed within the pocket, but, of course, this would only be donewhere it was not desired to attach it to the collar-button, as, forinstance, when twofold or high-band collars are worn with a tie havingtabs.

Modifications and changes may be made by one skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a necktie provided with tabs adapted to be attached to acollar-button, said tabs being integral with the inner face of the tyingends of the tie, an intermediate portion of one faceof said tie being ofa separate piece of material, elastic means attaching the saidintermediate portion to the tabs, substantially as set forth.

2. In a necktie provided with tabs adapted to be attached to acollar-button, said tabs being integral with a portion of themner faceof the tie and an intermediate portion of the inner face of said tiebeing'folded upon itself to'form pockets for a portion of said tabs,strips of elastic fabric secured to said tabs to permit extensionthereof, substantially as set forth.

3. In a necktie provided with a tab adapted to be attached to a frontcollar-button, said tab being of material separate from an intermediateportion of the tie but in tegral with the material forming the innerface of the tying-end of the tie.

4:. In a necktie provided with a tab adapted to be attached to a frontcollar-button, said tab being provided with a portion in tegral with thematerial forming the inner' face of the tying end of the tie, and apocket on the inner face of the tie, the end of the material forming theouter face of the tab being located within said pocket.

In a necktie provided with tabs adapted to be attached to the frontcollar-button, an intermediate portion of one face of said tie being atits ends folded upon itself to form a pocket, said tabs being connectedwithin said pocket.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' I WVILLIAM KEYS. lVitnesses:

' EDWIN SEGER,

Geo. W. MILLS, Jr.

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